Olney Daily Mail

Newspaper in Olney, Illinois

206 South Whittle Avenue,
Olney, Illinois 62450^[2]
United States

Circulation4330 (1999)OCLC number13344059 Websiteolneydailymail.com

The Olney Daily Mail is an American daily newspaper published in Olney, Illinois, and covering Richland County.^[3] The newspaper does not publish a Sunday edition.^[3] The current title began publication in 1910, at which time it supplanted or absorbed parts of four other newspapers.^[3] As of September 1999^[update], the paper had a circulation of 4,330.^[4]

In 1998, then owner Hollinger International sold the newspaper to Leonard Green & Partners as part of a 40% overall divestment of Hollinger's United States newspaper holdings;^[5]^[6] the newspaper was published through Leonard Green's Liberty Group Publishing.^[4]^[7] Liberty Group Publishing was subsequently sold in 2005 to Fortress Investment Group and renamed to GateHouse Media.^[6]

Among newspapers noted as predecessors to the Daily Mail is Olney Times, which was published weekly on Fridays and began circulation c. 1856.^[3]^[8] In November 1857, a note to readers of the Olney Republican indicated that they would henceforth receive Olney Times instead, indicating the termination of the former periodical.^[9] The slogan for Olney Times was "Eternal Vigilance is the Price of Liberty."^[8]

References

^ Akouris, Tina (February 3, 2006). "Johnson makes Olney place to be". Chicago Sun-Times.
^ "Olney Daily Mail". Olney Chamber of Commerce. Retrieved 2015-07-10.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "About The Olney daily mail. (Olney, Ill.) 1910-current". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2015-07-10.
^ ^a ^b Roberts, Gene; Kunkel, Thomas; Layton, Charles, eds. (2001). Leaving Readers Behind: The Age of Corporate Newspapering. Fayetteville: University of Arkansas Press. p. 56. ISBN 1610752325. OCLC 606535291. Retrieved 2015-07-10 – via Internet Archive (preview).
^ Staff (November 25, 1997). "Tycoon Selling Papers". The Herald-News. Joliet, Illinois. Archived from the original on September 24, 2015. Retrieved 2015-07-10.
^ ^a ^b Staff (May 16, 2005). "Liberty sold to another investment firm". NewsInc. Archived from the original on September 24, 2015. Retrieved 2015-07-10.
^ Kirk, Jim (November 25, 1997). "Hollinger Will Sell Bunch Of Its Papers". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 2015-07-10.
^ ^a ^b "Olney Times header". Olney Times. 6 November 1857. Retrieved 2015-07-26 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Staff (6 November 1857). "The subscribers of the Olney Republican..." Olney Times. Retrieved 2015-07-26 – via Newspapers.com.